Bracelet.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 23,1906. Serial No. 302.412.

Patented June 12, 1906.

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY HORTON BLIss, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in flexible bracelets orarticles of a similar nature made up of individual link members whichare oined together in such a manner as to permit their separation andallow the expansion and contraction of the article as its use mayrequire.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a series ofindividual link members with a connecting means which will be flexibleand capable of ready adaptation to the relative movements of thedifferent parts and at the same time tobe of such parts as will assuresimplicity of structure and certainty of operation and have the strengthto Withstand the uses to which such an article is put. To this end Ihave devised a certain combination of link members, connecting bars, andsprings which I will describe more fully in the specification whichfollows and which are s own in the drawings which form a part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 indicates four connected links of myinvention; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of a link-shell; Fig.3, a side view of the stud-plate Fig. 4, a plan view of the same, andFig. 5 a view of the coupling-rod with the spring in place.

1 represents the body portions, and 2 the caps, of the unit memberswhich go to make up the links of my invention.

1 1 represents openings arranged in pairs on the opposite side of thebody portions 1. In these units are set stud-plates 3, which rest in thebottom thereof and are held therein by clips 4, which are turned up fromthe plate and press against the walls of the link-body.

5 is a stud turned up on the plate 3 a little to one side of its centralpoint.

6 is a bar having its ends turned at right angles to form coupling-rods7, and 8 represents hooks formed on the ends of said rods. 9 is a spiralspring which connects the ends of said rods 7 and has its ends engagedwith the hooks 8.

In assembling the parts the plate 3 is forced into the body portion 1 ofthe link with its clips 4 in engagement'with the sides of the bodyportion, so that the plate will be held firmly in place. The bodyportions are then placed side by side in a series and the bar 6, fittedwith its spiral spring 9, is dropped into one link, with the rods 7exten ing through the adjacent openings 11 and with the spiral spring 9passed over the stud 5 of the plate, as shown in the drawings. The studthus supports the spring 9 and gives it a rest over which it is bentlike a bow when the links are separated. The tendency of the spring isto assume a position in a straight llne, and therefore to draw the endsof the rods 7 u into alinement with the fixed stud 5, and t us to keepthe links held together. After the links have been all connectedtogether by the coupling-rods and s rings the caps 2 are placed on thelinks an the links finished off.

In normal position with the links together the springs 9 assume theposition shown in the link on the right of Fig. 1, in which it apears asdrawn straight between the hooks 8. hen the links are separated, thesprings are bent over the stud 5 as the rods 7 are drawn down, and inthis position it assumes. the form shown in the next link to the left ofthe one last mentioned.

What I therefore claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of adjacenthollow link members, a pair of openings in the sides of each linkmember, a bar in each link member having its ends bent to formcoupling-rods which extend through the adjacent openings into the nextlink member, a spiral spring connecting the ends of said bar and meansfor supporting said spring centrally therebetween.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of adjacent linkmembers, openings in the sides of each link member, a pair ofcoupling-rods extending from each link member and entering the adjacent0 enings in the next link member, and a spira spring connecting the endsof said rods and supported centrally therebetween.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of adjacenthollow link members, a pair of openings on opposite sides of eachmember, a bar in each member having its ends bent to form coupling-rodswhich extend through the o enings into the next link member, a spiralspring engaging the ends of said bars and a plate in the link memberhaving a projection thereon to support said spiral spring centrallybetween the ends said hooks and a projection the link mem- 10 of therod. her for supporting said spiral spring centrally 4. In a device ofthe class described, the between the ends of the bar.

combination of adjacent hollow link mem- In testimony whereof I afliX mysignature bers, a pair of openings on opposite sides of in presence oftwo Witnesses.

each member, a bar in each member having ANTHONY HORTON BLISS.

its ends bent to form coupling-rods which Witnesses:

extend through said openings, links on the IRVING S. HUBBARD,

ends of said rods, a spiral spring connecting F. H. BLIss.

